# 寄付
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### Taiwanese Hokkien sense

    Borrowed from Japanese 寄付(きふ) (kifu).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìfù
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gei$^3$ fu$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kià-hù
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìfù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìfù
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-fu$^4$
*** Yale: jì-fù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihfuh
*** Palladius: цзифу (czifu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^3$ fu$^6$
*** Yale: gei fuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^3$ fu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^3$ fu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯³³ fuː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-hù
*** Tâi-lô: kià-hù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiarhux
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kia²¹⁻⁴¹ hu²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kia¹¹⁻⁵³ hu¹¹/

### Verb

寄付
* (of the sender) to pay the delivery fee at the time of sending
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to contribute; to donate

### References

* “Entry #7172”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 寄 | 付 |
| き Grade: 5 | ふ Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 寄附

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きふ [kíꜜfù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲiɸɯ̟]

#### Noun

寄(き)付(ふ) • (kifu)
* contribution, donation

##### Synonyms

* 献(けん)金(きん) (kenkin)

##### Derived terms

* 寄(き)付(ふ)金(きん) (kifukin): donation, contribution, endowment
* 寄(き)付(ふ)行(こう)為(い) (kifu kōi): act of endowment or donation

#### Verb

寄(き)付(ふ)する • (kifu suru) transitive suru (stem 寄(き)付(ふ)し (kifu shi), past 寄(き)付(ふ)した (kifu shita))
* contribute, donate

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 寄付し | きふし | kifu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 寄付し | きふし | kifu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 寄付する | きふする | kifu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 寄付する | きふする | kifu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 寄付すれ | きふすれ | kifu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 寄付せよ¹ 寄付しろ² | きふせよ¹ きふしろ² | kifu seyo¹ kifu shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 寄付される | きふされる | kifu sareru |
| Causative | 寄付させる 寄付さす | きふさせる きふさす | kifu saseru kifu sasu |
| Potential | 寄付できる | きふできる | kifu dekiru |
| Volitional | 寄付しよう | きふしよう | kifu shiyō |
| Negative | 寄付しない | きふしない | kifu shinai |
| Negative continuative | 寄付せず | きふせず | kifu sezu |
| Formal | 寄付します | きふします | kifu shimasu |
| Perfective | 寄付した | きふした | kifu shita |
| Conjunctive | 寄付して | きふして | kifu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 寄付すれば | きふすれば | kifu sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

#### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 寄 | 付 |
| よ(り) Grade: 5 | つ(き) Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 寄付 – see the following entry. :
| 【寄より付つき】 | [noun] (finance) opening of a market session [noun] (finance) opening price |
(This term, 寄付, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :